Oppgaveforslag

Decision support for managing pesticide application in agriculture

A challenge in agriculture is to manage the pesticide application in way that the application is most effective, cause least side effects and being most cost effective. Therefore a farmer has to individually answer the following questions:

Which combination of pesticide to choose

Under which weather condition to apply the pesticides

Time of the year to apply the pesticides

The goal of the project and master’s thesis is to develop a case-based reasoning (CBR) system that takes the farmer’s “pesticide goal” as input and recommend the combination of pesticides and a explanation on how and when to apply it.
A concrete project specification will be worked out that takes the candidates’ interests into account.

The project is suitable for 1-2 people working in a group, but can also be defined for one person.